Sonntag, 11. November 2012

Original: The Nannies had brought the children up for readiness for tea, I can’t say if I saw Madeleine when E came back’
Geändert: I collected E*** from the Ocean Club before she went up to tea at the Tapas Bar, I cannot say whether Madeleine was there or not.

One of the changes in Russell's statement deserves special attention in my opinion:

Original: The Nannies had brought the children up for readiness for tea, I can’t say if I saw Madeleine when E came back’
Geändert: I collected E*** from the Ocean Club before she went up to tea at the Tapas Bar, I cannot say whether Madeleine was there or not.

In his first statement he describes how the nannies brought the children, including his daughter Exxx, from the kid's club to the Tapas restaurant in the afternoon of May 3rd. This usually happened around 16:45 followed by the children's dinner in the Tapas between 17:00 and 17:30. In this first statement his focus is to explain that he did not see Madeleine when the children were brought back. In doing so he "forgets" that according to their original statements he had never been there. All previous statements claim that he had already collected Exxx before the children had left the children's club and that she therefore did NOT take part at the children's dinner.

Unfortunately though while depicting the afternoon he had claimed that he only arrived back at the beach from his sailing trip at 16:30 and then had gone for a swim in the ocean. Almost impossible for him to have collected Exxx before 16:45 from the kid's club.

This is a theory that results from the discrepancies and changes in the statement and that tries to interpret these. Had there not been such extensive discrepancies and changes there would be no necessity to try and explain them.

Sonntag, 4. November 2012

This month sees the
celebration of a Saint's day on November 25th. In France and other
countries it is a custom to wear yellow-green ribbons in honor of the
Saint. Yellow-green as in the wristbands that have so successfully
been sold in a certain online shop to commemorate the disappearance
of a little girl five years ago.

I am going to do a little
online survey about what Saint you think is honored by wearing
yellow-green ribbons:

Samstag, 6. Oktober 2012

Apparently they only lied in Portugal.
Btw: Why is April Jones declared as having been murdered after 5 days yet Madeleine McCann is still "alive and findable" after 5 years, despite the overwhelming evidence of the cadaver dogs finding scent at 9 different places/items?

Samstag, 28. Juli 2012

Having come across my spreadsheet with the timeline of the whole case
and filling in some bits and pieces today, I noticed something regarding
the Gaspar statement I find odd.

I was always undecided about
whether it was genuine concern of a friend of Kate's or an attempt to
get David Payne in line with the cover-up. Now if we look at the
timeline we first noticed the quite long delay for Katharina Gaspar to
decide going to the police. Almost two weeks in the case of a missing
child seems a long time but was explained by the fact that she did not
know until then that DP had been on the trip as well. Nevertheless, if
we consider the described incident properly, Gerry McCann was as much
part of the scenario as DP and therefore it should not have mattered to
her much if DP was with them on holiday or not. Gerry's reaction to the
alleged Payne incident would have warranted the same concerns even if he
had been alone in PdL. Just remember how very cleverly DP had always
been brought into the focus of the Gaspar statement and not so much
Gerry, even from us...

Now if we look at the date Katharina
finally dragged herself to the police station we see that it was the
16th May, exactly one day after Robert Murat was pictured on every paper in Britain as the most probable perpetrator.

If
you are considering going to the police in a case you are not sure
about, waiting 13 days until you muster up the courage, would you not
hold back a couple of days more when you find out that they found the
alleged abductor not connected to your suspicion at all? You would save
yourself the trouble of a false accusation if he turned out the one who
had taken Maddie.

Or did it rather take 6 days of organising and
convincing of the Gaspars to get them to the police station after the
botched 2nd questioning on May 10th of Gerry McCann at the police
station where he felt the need to throw in David Payne with two
concocted sightings of Madeleine, one during Wednesday night (!) and one
on Thursday around 18:30. IMO two sightings he just made up during the
interview because he had been pushed into a corner or felt the need to
confirm Maddie's presence at those two points in time.

Imagine David's reaction when he told him about it, he might not have been amused...

Freitag, 20. Juli 2012

Ever noticed when the "clever marketing ploy" of the photografically enhanced "coloboma" that might have resulted in the removal of the eye by the abductor was abandoned? Nowhere to be seen again, replaced by a pathetic yellow-green ribbon.

Yes I know, the word "dog" is not appreciated in certain circles and "snifferdogs" is definitely not politically correct. We all know that Eddie and Keela were incredibly reliable. Or was it unreliable? I will have to consult Gerry again...

In any case, until now Timmy, Sacha, Kolly, Oscar, Rusco and Rex have been criminally neglected. The portuguese sniffer dogs who had been busy at work on the early morning of the 4th May probably feel like unloved relatives overshadowed by the great Eddie and the excellent Keela. Therefore I felt they needed their own chapter.

Especially Timmy did his breed some credit when he was presented at 23:00 on the 4th May in front of apartment 5A with a bath towel belonging to Madeleine. Starting at the entrance to 5A he sniffed out the following path: (see above)

At the only streetlamp placed in that carpark he sniffed more attentively, turned around and went back the way he had come.

I had previously suspected that the walk to the beach had been originally planned along the "shortcut" to the creche, following little dark lanes. Carrying a sleeping child would not have been unusual on that route. But the carrier apparently stopped his walk exactly at the lantern. Possibly because up on the balcony of 4G the families of Rajinder Balu and Neill Berry were dining together. Both might have recognised the carrier from earlier encounters at the kid's club. Panic, Retreat, back to the little gardin in front of 5A.

So much bad luck should be forbidden. The carrier was surely feeling sick as a dog...

Mittwoch, 2. Mai 2012

An independent investigation team consisting of an undisclosed number
of case file analysts and interpreters, working for a pat on the back,
have compiled what must surely be resembling much of the as yet
undisclosed list of 195 leads painstakingly produced from a mass of
evidence by the Scotland Yard investigation team.

After
a careful review of all the evidence from the Portuguese police files
and of course omitting spurious sightings, reports from mediums and
clairvoyants, we finally came to the same conclusion as the highly paid
SY team in that there is a 110% probability that Madeleine is either
dead or alive, each possibility ranging around the 50% marker. We can
also confirm that the theory of the parents' involvement is as much a
conspiracy theory as the following list. We are convinced that the
person who took Madeleine from the apartment, as seen by an Irish family
of 7, is a criminal and should be treated as such. ASAP!

We therefore demand that the Portuguese plods pick up the investigation again where they dropped it in 2008 and start to investigate each of the 195 leads as regards to their possible significance. Or else campaigns will be started to urge people to refrain from ever listening to Fado again.

DOGS

1

cadaver dog alerting behind sofa

2

blood dog alerting behind sofa

3

matter found behind sofa containing DNA

4

DNA re 3 All five markers found are 100% compatible with Madeleine's DNA profile

neither cadaver dog nor blood dog alerting at ANY other apartment or car

BREAK-IN

18

The shutters were not "jemmied" or forced open, as claimed by the parents

19

No signs of forced entry anywhere else in the apartment

20

No physical evidence of anyone having entered or left via the window

21

No lichen disturbance on the window sill

22

No fibres

23

No finger prints of an abductor on either window

24

No footprints on the bed

25

Only finger prints on the window are those of Kate

26

Changing statements as to the state of the curtains - opened/closed

27

Only a minute "window of opportunity" between Gerry seeing the shutter still closed and Jane spotting the abductor. A couple of minutes for opening the shutters, window and curtain, taking Madeleine, leaving the apartment, crossing the carpark and walking towards the street where he was seen.

28

Gerry changed his statement re point of entry at 21:04 from front door to patio door

Gerry changes his statement from Matt having seen closed shutters to Matt being unsure about the state of the shutters

SMITH SIGHTING

31

A family of 7 encounter a man carrying a child while going home from a pub at 22:00 on May 3rd.

32

The child is of Madeleine's age and height and resembles Madeleine

33

The man is of the same height, has the same hair and general appearance of Gerry McCann

34

Mr Smith is 60-80 % certain that the person they saw was Gerry McCann

35

Aoife Smith describes the pants of the man as having buttons as ornaments

36

Gerry McCann is photographed once as owning such pants

37

The time of the encounter is the exact same time as the alleged detection of the disappearance although latter is not corroborated by independent witnesses

38

The sighting - although reported once in an irish paper - is never picked up by british media or the McCanns although it would have been the best confirmation for an abduction.

39

Only two years later the Smith sighting becomes part of their "documentary" although the key points get changed to fit the Tanner sighting

40

Pressure put on the PJ to highlight the Tanner sighting came at exactly the same time as the Smith family were being brought back to Portugal to go over the sighting in more detail

41

The sighting was in a different part of town from the Tanner sighting

42

The carrying style was completely different to that of the Tanner sighting

43

The man was heading in a completely different direction from the Tanner sighting

44

There was a time difference of 45 minutes between both sightings

45

Goncalo Amaral was removed from the case just when he tried to get the Smiths to Portugal again

46

Brian Kennedy contacted the Smiths to get them to take part in creating a photofit.

47

No innocent person ever came forward regarding the sighting

48

The child was carried without a blanket despite the cold night

JANE TANNER SIGHTING

49

Regarding the sighting by Jane Tanner of the abductor none of the scent tracking dogs followed the trail indicated by Jane, but different routes

50

Jeremy Wilkins (independent witness) failed to spot the abductor, despite being only yards away, while chatting to Gerry

51

Jeremy Wilkins (independent witness) failed to see Jane Tanner walking by, despite being on the same narrow sidewalk at the same time

52

Gerry McCann failed to spot the abductor, despite being only yards away, while chatting to Jeremy

53

Gerry contradicted Jeremy by stating that their chat was on the opposite side of and about 30 yards down the road from that as described, and drawn on a map, by Mr Wilkins

54

Gerry also contradicted Tanner, by stating that his chat with Jeremy was on the opposite side of and about 30 yards down the road from that mentioned by Jane

55

Jane failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking to her apartment at ~21.15

56

Jane failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking from her apartment at ~21.20

57

Jane never bumped into Jeremy Wilkins (who had walked back to his apartment after the chat with Gerry) while walking back from her apartment at ~21.20

58

Russell O'Brien failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking to his apartment at ~21.30

59

Matthew Oldfield failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking to his apartment, which was right next door, at ~21.30

60

Matthew failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking back from his apartment back to check on the McCann children

61

Matthew failed to spot the open window and shutters while checking on Madeleine and the twins

62

Jane failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking to her apartment at ~21.45

63

Russell failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking back from his apartment at ~21.50

64

Tanner's description of the abductor has changed several times

65

Tanner's description of the pyjama's worn by the child has improved with time

66

Gerry did not hear the raising of the shutters by the abductor while standing in the street with Wilkins

67

Jeremy Wilkins did not hear the raising of the shutters by the abductor while standing in the street with Gerry

68

The abductor failed to hear either Tanner, Gerry or Wilkins, and continued on the path that would put him in the full vision of all three

69

If the abductor had lifted Madeleine out of the bed, then he would be carrying her with her head to his right hand side, not on the left as in Tanner's claimed sighting

70

Although Gerry checked all rooms in the apartment during his check he did not spot the hiding abductor

71

The abductor did not raise the shutters while Gerry was inside the apartment

72

Jane was not only not seen by Gerry and Jeremy but also not heard although she was wearing flip-flops

73

Nobody ever mentioned the cars in the road but independent witnesses spoke of at least 2 cars parked close to the pavement where Gerry and Jez were standing, narrowing Jane's path so much that it was impossible she was not noticed by the two men.

74

Jane does not inform the parents of her sighting immediately. Only some of the friends

75

Although the friends know of her sighting their searches are directed in the opposite direction of where the abductor headed to.

GEORGE BROOKS SIGHTING

76

A George Brooks saw a couple at 5:55 on the morning of May 4th on his way between Lagos and Praia da Luz

77

The man was carrying a child

78

At this time the McCanns had left the apartment and were somewhere in the vicinity of Praia da Luz

79

They had left the apartment around 5:00 when the police and all search groups had left the area

80

They were never asked where exactly they had gone

81

Kate claimed in her book they "resumed" their search that early morning although they never went searching the night before

82

The night before Gerry was overheard on his mobile talking about a gang of paedophiles having abducted Madeleine

83

The next day around 9:30 Kate claimed in a conversation with Yvonne Martin, a social worker, that Madeleine had been abducted by a childless couple

LAST TIME SEEN

84

In their statements the friends of the McCanns have difficulty to pinpoint the last time they saw Madeleine

85

Dianne Webster, whose statements are the only consistent ones, states she saw Madeleine on the 2nd May for the last time.

86

Kate McCann claims in her book that the 2nd May was the last happy day as a family of four. What about the 3rd?

87

The creche sheets are a mess, partly filled out by the nannies in retrospect, partly not at all. No credible evidence for the whereabouts of Madeleine

88

There are no reports about the creche activity in Madeleine's group for the afternoon of May 3rd

89

There are strong discrepancies regarding the morning activity of sailing undertaken by the creche

90

The nanny does not remember if she accompanied 5 (without Madeleine) or 6 (with Madeleine) children to the beach that morning

91

Whereas her first recollections are vague they improve one year later when she recollects an incident on one of the boats where Madeleine was crying.

92

The nanny could only have entered a boat with Madeleine by leaving 3 remaining children alone on the beach

93

Initially some of the friends claimed that Madeleine had taken part in the children's tennis on the morning of the 3rd

94

Madeleine and Ella were allegedly sailing while their parents and friends watched unknown children playing tennis on the court

95

Kate went back to the apartment on Tuesday to fetch her camera for the tennis court photo of Madeleine but never bothered to even watch her sailing

96

Even in 2008 Rachael Oldfield still claimed that Madeleine had been at the tennis on the morning of the 3rd

97

While Jane claims to have seen Madeleine at the sailing, Kate now states in her book that Fiona was unsure wether Madeleine had been at the sailing

CHANGES IN ROUTINE

98

Changes in the holiday routine mark May 3rd as a special day

99

While the McCanns claimed they had only ever attended breakfast once on the Sunday, six employees of the Millenium restaurant stated that they had attended regularly. Did they skip breakfast only on the 3rd?

100

Lunch was usually taken in the Payne's apartment with the whole group, but not on May 3rd

101

The whole group apart from the McCanns went to the beach that afternoon - and did not see Madeleine

102

The whole group apart from the McCanns did not attend the usual children's dinner on May 3rd - and did not see Madeleine there

103

The McCanns did not take part in the get together on the children's playground on May 3rd - so Madeleine was not seen by the rest of the group

104

Russell O'Brien collected his daughter from the creche before the children's dinner - but failed to notice if Madeleine was there or not

STATEMENTS

105

Russell O'Brien was allowed to make at least 34 amendments to his original statement given to Leicestershire police

106

Russell O'Brien changed his statement regarding when and where he collected his daughter from the afternoon creche on May 3rd

107

Russell O'Brien claimed that Matthew had been ill on Saturday and had not taken part in the dinner and later changed it to Matt started feeling unwell during that dinner

108

Russell O'Brien claimed that the Paynes were the only ones to have used a baby monitor and changed this into the Paynes had used a baby-monitor

109

Russell O'Brien claimed that they only checked on their own rooms possibly listening for the other's children and changed this into OFTEN listened at other windows and made checks on some visits

110

Russell O'Brien claimed to have checked the McCann's apartment with the help of their key on the Sunday and changed it into checking via the patio doors

111

Russell O'Brien claimed to have checked the Oldfield's apartment with the help of their key on the Sunday but Matthew Oldfield claims to have been inside sick.

112

Russell O'Brien changed this statement "I believe I saw Madeleine at lunchtime" into "I saw Madeleine at lunchtime" although there was no chance to see her at lunchtime since they did not have lunch together.

113

Russell O'Brien claimed that Gerry had left the table between "twenty-one zero five to twenty-one twenty" and changed it into "Gerry was only away for a little while"

114

Matthew Oldfield described the curtains in 5A as being yellow and green when in fact they were pink/mauve

115

Matthew Oldfield described the little table with a lamp as being round when in fact it was square

116

Matthew Oldfield claimed the children's bedroom had two windows when in fact it had only one.

117

Matthew Oldfield desribed a bookshelf in 5A that he looked along during his check when in fact there was no bookshelf to look along

118

Yellow/green curtains, a lamp on a round table and a bookshelf were part of apartment 5D and not 5A

119

Matthew Oldfield initially stated that Kate and the children had been at the tennis court Thursday afternoon contradicting everybody else

120

Matthew Oldfield claimed he met the Paynes and Dianne Webster on Thursday night near the top of the road, David Payne states he met him at the pool area and Fiona Payne states she met him outside of 5A. Dianne Webster never saw him at all and thinks he was not at the restaurant when they arrived.

121

Jane Tanner claimed she had done a listening check on the Oldfield window on May 2nd although Rachael Oldfield was allegedly sick inside the apartment

122

Jane Tanner claimed that each apartment was checked every 15 minutes whereas the McCanns insist on checks every 30 minutes

123

Jane Tanner claimed that she knew Gerry had already been in the apartment when she encountered him talking to Jeremy Wilkins. How did she know that?

124

Neither Jane Tanner nor Russell O'Brien ever mentioned to portuguese police that they took a baby monitor to Portugal. Only one year later this baby monitor suddenly appeared in her rogatory statement

125

Jane Tanner never mentioned cars on the road while she saw the abductor

126

David Payne claimed that during his visit at 5A the patio door was open and he entered the apartment while Kate claims the door was closed and he remained outside

MISC.

127

Kate claimed that Madeleine slept under the covers during her last night because of the cold, Gerry claimed she slept on top of the covers because of the heat

128

The cleaner stated that there had been one cot placed in the parent's bedroom during the week, while the McCanns vehemently deny this

129

The McCanns both deleted their mobile phone history

130

Michael Wright confirmed an unpleasant smell in the hired car during the month of July

131

A police witness stated that the boot of the hired car had been left open for a number of consecutive days

132

Metodo 3 hired as their private investigators although they had no experience in missing people cases

133

The blue/black bag seen in the pictures taken during the night of May 3rd is allegedly missing when police search the villa

134

The McCanns NEVER question their friends in spite of the Gaspar statement and lots of changes in their statements

135

Gerry McCann planned special events to commemorate her disappearance months in advance

136

The FUND (a whole field to investigate - good for at least 10 leads)

147

The tacky online store

148

No physical search by Kate on the evening of May 3rd, no physical searches by both parents the following days

149

They NEVER went anywhere near a country a sighting happened, instead went to different countries to promote the SEARCH

150

The India sighting was never confirmed by police

151

In fact most sightings were never really followed up by their investigators, the media attention seemed enough

152

Shortly after Gerry McCann had visited the Netherlands a letter arrived at a dutch newpaper pinpointing Madeleine's body

153

All friends of the McCanns refused a reconstruction in Portugal

154

Gerry caught on camera laughing his head off only a few days after his daughter had been 'abducted by paedophiles' as claimed by the parents

155

Kate refused to answer 48 questions

156

Despite the possibility that Madeleine's disappearance could have been an inside job the twins were placed in the creche the next day

157

Despite the proximity of the apartment to the Tapas restaurant Kate left the twins alone to alert the friends and Gerry instead of shouting from the balcony

158

As soon as Mark Harrison organised the search with the british dogs the McCanns started trips to a triangle between Budens, Raposeira and Sagres

159

Kate checked the breathing of the twins during the night of May 3rd

160

The twins never woke up during the police search despite many people entering their bedroom

161

The only people having allegedly seen Murat around the apartment on the night of May 3rd were Fiona Payne, Russell O'Brien, Rachael Oldfield and possibly Jane Tanner

162

Nobody who knew Robert Murat saw him that night around the apartment

163

Robert Murat translated the statements of the nannies and of Dianne Webster, most crucial statements regarding the whereabouts of Madeleine on May 3rd

164

Mrs Fenn heard Madeleine crying for 1 hour and 15 minutes on May 1st

165

One child threw a tantrum on May 2nd on the playground and had to be carried home. At the same time the McCanns claim Madeleine claimed to have cried.

166

The crying stopped abruptly.

167

Kate McCann was alone in the apartment at 20:15 on May 2nd getting the children to sleep while her husband was already at the Tapas restaurant

168

Kate McCann left the restaurant 5 minutes after Gerry on May 2nd

169

Gerry uttered in a spanish interview that their persecution had been bad, but not as bad as the "night we found her"

170

Madeleine's bed, that had been made on Wednesday morning for the last time, looked very neat Thursday night

171

Although they claimed that they had no buggy for the trip to the Millenium breakfast they had buggies for the trip to the beach on Tuesday

172

Although they claimed that the trip to the beach happened on Tuesday, the creche records clearly suggest it happened on Monday

173

If there had been a 1 nanny for 3 children ratio as the McCanns claimed, why did Catriona Baker lead 5 OR 6 children alone to the beach?

174

Why had Madeleine a "sunburn" on her right arm as shown in the tennis picture?

175

Russell O'Brien claimed to have collected his daughter from the creche before 16:45 but also stated that he finished sailing at 16:30 and then went for a swim

176

Where was Russell O'Brien between 16:45 and 17:52 when he arrived at the beach restaurant Paraiso?

177

Why did he not sign his daughter out from the creche that afternoon?

178

The sailing instructors Alice and Chris were not formally interviewed but could have possibly confirmed wether Madeleine had taken part in the sailing on the morning of the 3rd

179

Gerry McCann stated that David Payne had entered their apartment to check on Maddie and the twins on the evening of May 2nd

180

The above statement was never repeated nor followed up

181

Gerry McCann was not in the apartment when Dianne Webster entered it for the first time after the abduction possibly at the time of the Smith sighting

182

Kate McCann claims in her book that Gerry was searching together with David Payne at that time but their witness statements say otherwise

183

The time of the first alarm given by Kate was never confirmed by independent witnesses. Statements suggest the alarm had been raised around 21:45

184

There was a Junior Group (6-10 year olds) in the same room above the reception that never got a mention

185

This explains the statement by one nanny that Madeleine had mainly played with the older children.

186

The nannies were transfered to Greece on May 13th and were no longer available to the police

187

One nanny was invited by the McCanns into their home before the rogatory interviews

188

The same nanny got a new job afterwards and her whereabouts were withheld on the request of the McCanns according to the media

189

Research shows that this nanny is now working for a multimillionaire in Manhattan

190

The McCanns used the media to introduce changes in their story

191

e.g. the additional baby monitor of Jane Tanner entered the story through a briefing by Gerry McCann given David James Smith of The Times

192

Charlotte Pennington allegedly remembered Robert Murat being in the vicinity of 5A after a visit by Metodo3 7 months after the disappearance

193

Two other witnesses remember Murat as well after 7 months

194

Brian Kennedy and Antonio Jimenez from Metodo 3 visited the PJ in November 2007 with alleged evidence incriminating Robert Murat and two other people

195

Antonio Jimenez was later jailed for stealing drugs from a police storage

GA: Yes I do, I have always defended the re-opening 6,
actually it's something the McCann couple never defended, only
recently, after two or three years, they've started to defend a review
of the sightings - and that is what is being done. The re-opening of the
process in Portugal, with all the indicia that are contained in the
process, it was never defended by them. Note that when the process was
archived in 2008, there were three suspects: Robert Murat and the McCann
couple. Any of the three could have opposed to the process archival,
some received 500.000 pounds of compensation from the British media
whilst others kept quiet. Why? Because it wasn't their interest for the
investigation to carry on, but the investigation needs to go on.

JS: You are talking about the child's parents?

GA: I am talking about all of them, of all those that were considered suspects.

JS: Do you maintain that...?

GA: The investigation needs to go on. If someone stopped, someone as an
arguido, as a suspect, for example in the case of Robert Murat, if he
believes, due to his own personal motives, that he doesn't have to
advance with a request asking the re-opening of the investigation - he
received a compensation from the English newspapers - that's fine.

JS: You maintain the belief that this child is not alive?

GA: I have one opinion. Just like that gentleman [Andy Redwood] has one
opinion, "I have one opinion", he said, "that she is alive", I have the
opinion that she is dead. I have the right to have my own opinion. I and
other police officers, I and other [forensic] technicians, and my
opinion is an opinion based on facts, unlike his who I don't know if it
is based on evidence, or if it is based on pseudo-sightings, or where it
is based exactly. I wrote a book where I underlie my firm belief and
the facts that support my opinion, that gentleman said "we've looked at
this [the process], and it's like this"... but he doesn't explain the
reasons.

JS: And do you also maintain the belief of the parents responsibility in the cadaver's disappearance?

GA: Notice one thing, a criminal investigation has its own dynamics, we
begin at a point and we bring it to an end. By September 2007 we had
reached certain conclusions, and it would have been necessary to
validate those conclusions, to advance or not in that path, we had to
carry on with the investigation. That is a criminal investigation. Then
someone says "you have to stop the investigation" and no progress was
made since. What is left is what was made known in the process and in my
book [Maddie, The Truth of the Lie]. And was expressed in the book
because we were accused of several things, I was accused of several
things, and that book came out in my defence. By the way, let me tell
you that the book copies were formally returned today, finally after
several years [7.500 book copies were seized after a McCann couple
injunction].

JS: And it's going to be placed again in the bookshops.

GA: I believe so, yes. People have the right to read the book...

JS: Gonçalo Amaral, what are...?

GA: Now, those were conclusions arrived at a determined moment of the
investigation, they are not final conclusions. They are interim, and
people have to understand that.

JS: What should be the Oporto's Judiciary Police team line of investigation if the process is re-opened?

GA: Oporto's team has no chance of investigating the process, the events
took place in the Algarve, as much as they wish, as much competence
they have, they can't - they're too far away from it [as to time, crime
scene/terrain and circumstances]. It's logical that it is important for
someone to be distanced, in terms of location and time, but they don't
stand any chances, they really don't, because it all took place in
Algarve. Either the investigation is made by the Algarve or between the
Lisbon and Algarve Judiciary Police, or is investigated in England as it
should be. In fact, the English police, Scotland Yard have the money to
support the costs, they can spend an extra few million pounds and
investigate what happened to a British subject, that is, Madeleine
McCann, of English nationality.

JS: Gonçalo, explain me one issue. In your point of view, what are the
reasons that led the National Judiciary Police Directorate to send to
Oporto the Maddie McCann case?

GA: The reasons? They were justified by Dr. Pedro do Carmo, because of
the distance, because of the geographical distance, the distance in
terms of people, but in terms of competence...

JS: And what do those reasons tell you?

GA: In Lisbon, for example the former DCCB7, the
current National Unit Against Terrorism have much more experienced
people - I'm not talking about competence - but much more experienced
people in the area of abductions, kidnappings, disappearances and so on,
than Oporto has. Oporto only has...

JS: So, you don't understand that decision?

GA: My colleague, that I know very well, Dr. Helena Monteiro, has a big
case, the case of the young woman from Lamego, that disappeared there
and later appeared close to the motorway connection to Régua8,
it's an important case but the young woman was dead, she had been there
for a month, and they could have located her with a GPS, but well...To
state that they have a great experience [in missing people cases] it
doesn't make much sense.

JS: But are you saying that your colleagues from Oporto....

GA: They are very competent, have no doubts about that. They are police
officers, they are competent, they are criminal investigators, they are
competent.

JS: But you don't believe that they can solve this case?

GA: Too many pages. Too much indicia, too many things that need to be read, and sometimes it's difficult to read 9.

JS: Gonçalo Amaral, what happened to your team? To the persons who worked with you during the investigation to this case?

GA: They are being persecuted, case by case, they are being persecuted. The last case was with my colleague, Ricardo Paiva 10,
who was a target of an entrapment, an entrapment at facebook [social
site], and Dr. Pedro do Carmo immediately stated that he had violated a
number of duties, etc. It's interesting because Pedro do Carmo....

JS: One question...

GA: Allow me to conclude, in terms of disciplinary processes Dr. Pedro
do Carmo was the person who had to make a decision, and immediately
before any investigation is made to that incident, he stated that
Ricardo Paiva had violated the secrecy of, a series of duties, and we
have to ask, why does this happen? Why does someone, a deputy director
of the Judiciary Police, comes to the public, on his tiptoes11,
speaking against him [a colleague]? It's because they are witnesses.
Ricardo Paiva is one of my witnesses in the process the McCann couple
have against me, and why do these directors, these people who are now
directors - at this moment they are representing the Judiciary Police,
but they are not the Judiciary Police - the Judiciary Police has a
history, beyond these directors...

JS: Let me go back to the point that you just made, what you are saying
is that your colleagues that remain active, in the Judiciary Police, are
being persecuted?

GA: There are no doubts about that.

JS: Inside the Judiciary Police?

GA: Inside the Judiciary Police.

JS: They are suffering retaliations?

GA: They are suffering retaliations, simply because they worked with me.
I can't go to the police, I can't contact anyone because immediate
retaliations follow. That has happened before. Therefore I limit myself
to the life in my neighbourhood, it's a pretty neighbourhood, very close
to the EXPO, where I lived for forty years, and now I'm back again.

JS: Did this case ruined you?

GA: It didn't ruin me per se, I live through this moment of
crisis like all of us are. I am surviving, and will continue to do so. I
will go on with calm and serenity.

JS: Gonçalo Amaral, thank you so much for coming here tonight to 'News at 8'.

Donnerstag, 26. April 2012

In an interview to TVI, Gonçalo Amaral defends the reopening of the process, but without limits

Gonçalo
Amaral defended that the investigation process into the disappearance
should be reopened, yet adds that the English police wants the
reopening, but with the imposition of limiting the investigation to the
abduction theory.

"They speak about sightings, about visions by
mediums. A lot of things have been produced over the years and well
produced and therefore the English police has to pass the ball to the
Portuguese police and we are left with the onus and the expense of
investigating. It is important to reopen the process, nobody should
doubt that, but to reopen the process without limitations, the way they
want to limit us", the former Judiciary Police inspector explained.

"They want to impose an abduction", he stated in an interview to TVI.

Gonçalo
Amaral further said that the fault of not knowing what happened to
Maddie yet is ours. "It's been five years and we still do not know what
happened to this child and it is our fault. The fault of our justice
system, of our Attorney General who allowed this investigation to be
shelved", he said, justifying the fact because we are "Portuguese and
they are English, we are small and they are big. That is waht is
happening."

"The investigation was never allowed to arrive at an
end", he stressed, admitting that he has no doubt that there was
political pressure.

Concerning what happened to the English girl, Gonçalo Amaral stated that he has his opinion. "In my opinion, she is dead."

Lastly,
the former inspector further accused the Judiciary police of internally
persecuting his colleagues that remain by his side.

Mittwoch, 25. April 2012

Dismissing conspiracy theories about
Madeleine's parents' involvement, Redwood said he believed the girl's
disappearance was the result of "a criminal act by a stranger".

Evidence? Huh? We carried out boxes of evidence. In Barcelona. This evidence dilutes the so called PJ Files. Diminishes them to a mere percentage.Nobody will be able to claim anything based on the PJ Files, because SY has ALL the evidence.I am afraid, the British will have to live with it. Long live Rupert...

Samstag, 21. April 2012

"Wednesday, 2 May 2007. Our last completely happy day. Our last, to date, as a family of five. If only it was possible to rewind. Even for an hour."

I know she added "completely" to the sentence but wouldn't the third be the day she last remembered together with Madeleine and would it not be the third she hoped to rewind?

"Fiona and Dave had been windsurfing that morning and had seen Madeleine’s group, who had gone down to the beach for their ‘mini-sail’ activity.We heard later that they’d been on a speedboat as well as a dinghy. Fiona told me she’d spotted Ella there but not Madeleine."

The only independent witness for Madeleine being alive on the Thursday is now getting dropped right in. Did Cat Baker get questioned again regarding the sailing trip? Jane stated clearly and explicitly in her rogatory that Fiona had seen Madeleine AND Ella on the boat and had told her so and that she herself had seen them both. Another indication for my theory that she died on Wednesday 2nd?

""Reply "Yeah, I think we met Dave and Fi coming back and they said they'd seen Madeleine and Exxxx on a boat, because they'd taken the kids sailing that morning, so they said 'Oh we've seen Madeleine and Exxxx on a boat down there'. So then we went down to the beach, and Russell took out a kayak and I sat and just played on the beach with Exx at that point. And we saw they'd come off the boat and we saw Exxxx and Madeleine and the rest of the group, they were just, they'd just come off the boat and they were getting ready to walk back up to the Kids Club, so".""

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Antonella Mozzarella in the Sun from 14th is allegedly quoting Goncalo Amaral as saying:

"Tourists like her are not needed, mothers neglecting their children, that loses a child on holiday after dinner when she was drinking in a bar until midnight."

This clearly indicates the Wednesday and not the Thursday. Direct quote? Misquote? Mistake? Hint?